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    29 January 2018

    World's craziest 3D printing coming to world's craziest hypercar

    By Iain KellyIain Kelly
    People usually associated 3D printing with nerds and dorks. Not anymore. (image credit: roadandtrack.com)

    Car manufacturers often use their top-of-the-pops hypercars to push development of new technologies, and the Volkswagen-Audi Group is expert at that.

    In a world-first Bugatti has 3D printed a brake caliper from titanium. Using four 400 Watt lasers the new calipers are reportedly 40 per cent lighter than the eight-piston front and six-piston rear forged aluminium calipers currently used on the $3.7 million Chiron.

    • The caliper took 45 hours to print. (image credit: roadandtrack.com) The caliper took 45 hours to print. (image credit: roadandtrack.com)
    • During their production, the calipers are out into a 700°C furnace. (image credit: roadandtrack.com) During their production, the calipers are out into a 700°C furnace. (image credit: roadandtrack.com)

    They take 45 hours to print and use 2213 layers of titanium powder, melted together by the lasers.

    What do you think of 3D printing as a way of producing car parts? Tell us what you think in the comments.

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